Imagined Memories

Most discussions of popular music on the Internet focus on the utopian potential of new file-sharing technologies, yet applications that reproduce existing inequalities also deserve attention. Webcasting is the streaming (transmission) of digital video to multiple recipients in cyberspace. Paul McCartney's Webcast from the Cavern was a landmark case. It was a digital package staged for reproduction, and yet it felt live; in this article I explore why and offer a two-part explanation. The first part is that "live'-ness is based on an increasingly false opposition to recording, but, because that opposition still remains, Little Big Gig could seem live by adopting some trappings associated with it. The second part is that Internet use is mediated by daily life and computer users brought their own desire to the Webcast, in particular desires to see a Beatle play in the Cavern. Webcasting is an unanticipated use of the Internet that is being used to support corporate interests. With its widespread publicity, Little Big Gig helped naturalize that process.     

经济预测中的Monte Carlo模拟及方差控制——以国际石油价格预测为例

从MDnte Carlo模拟的实现过程入手，首先通过对Monte Carlo方法原理的阐述来介绍该种方法。进一步结合具体的实例通过计算机进行模拟来解释Monte Carlo方法的具体实现过程。重点讨论在选择合理的数据生成过程的前提下，如何在Monte Carlo方法中减少模拟方差，从而提高估计精度，更好地应用这种方法来进行经济预测。     

1998年、2008年两次国务院机构改革“三定”规定比较研究——基于政府职能转变的视角

改革开放以来,国务院相继经历了6次比较大的机构改革,纵观这6次机构改革.尤以1998年和2008年的动作幅度最大、影响范围最广且具有标志性的意义.1998年和2008年这两次机构改革,都是以职能转变是政府机构改革的核心,但这两次又有所不同.本文通过两次机构改革中形成的"三定规定"的研究,以政府职能转变为视角,分析我国行政管理体制取得的进展与成就,同时根据服务型政府建设的要求,找出不足,明确下一步改革的方向,这对于进一步深化行政管理体制改革、建设人民满意的服务型政府具有重要意义.     

Which Wald statistic? Choosing a parameterization of the Wald statistic to maximize power in k-sample generalized estimating equations

The Wald statistic is known to vary under reparameterization. This raises the question: which parameterization should be chosen, in order to optimize power of the Wald statistic? We specifically consider k-sample tests of generalized linear models (GLMs) and generalized estimating equations (GEEs) in which the alternative hypothesis contains only two parameters. An example is presented in which such an alternative hypothesis is of interest. Amongst a general class of parameterizations, we find the parameterization that maximizes power via analysis of the non-centrality parameter, and show how the effect on power of reparameterization depends on sampling design and the differences in variance across samples. There is no single parameterization with optimal power across all alternatives. The Wald statistic commonly used under the canonical parameterization is optimal in some instances but it performs very poorly in others. We demonstrate results by example and by simulation, and describe their implications for likelihood ratio statistics and score statistics. We conclude that due to poor power properties, the routine use of score statistics and Wald statistics under the canonical parameterization for GEEs is a questionable practice.     

Protel99se在电子学教学中的应用

本文针对电子线路教学实验演示中的困难,提出了使用电路仿真技术来完成教学实验演示的方法,通过实例介绍了如何在电子线路教学中使用protell99 se进行电路仿真。本文讲述了对单相半波整流电路、单相桥式整流电路、滤波电路、电容滤波电路进行仿真的具体操作步骤,分析了仿真电路的特点。     

烟台市长江路交通信号线协调控制的设计思路与方法

简述了把传统的解析计算法和计算机仿真优化法相结合的线协调控制综合设计方法及设计流程.以烟台市开发区主干道长江路线协调控制为例给出了具体的设计方案,对设计方案进行了评价.     

海水淡化装置水流特性的三维数值模拟

运用计算流体力学方法，对多级闪发式海水淡化装置第一级的流动进行了三维数值模拟，分析了闪发室内的水流特性，并将有阻流板的与无阻流板的计算结果进行了比较，数值模拟结果表明，闪发室内存在着大尺度的环流和旋涡，且主导着闪发室内的流态，对闪发效率产生重要影响；阻流板确能很大地改变整个闪发室的水流特性，但目前的阻流板设置方式对提高闪发效率是不利的．     

Using a computer simulation game to teach family time use concepts

A computer simulation game designed to give students insights into family time use concepts has been used in an introductory family resource management class at Ohio State University and other universities. The game allows for planning for time use changes over the family life cycle. The game can give students insights into economic and sociological models of time use. It is possible that future versions of the game could be used in family counseling.His research interests include derivation of optimal decision-making rules for families and family financial management.Her research interests include financial management over the life course including financial ratios, baby boomers, and retirement. She received her Ph.D. in 1993 from The Ohio State University in Family Resource Management.His research interests include the time trade-offs made between couples, financial planning over the life cycle, and the interaction of time and money between families and their home-based businesses. He received his Ph.D. in 1993 from The Ohio State University in Family Resource Management.     

On the difficulty of making social choices

The difficulty of making social choices seems to take on two forms: one that is related to both preferences and the method used in aggregating them and one which is related to the preferences only. In the former type the difficulty has to do with the discrepancies of outcomes resulting from various preference aggregation methods and the computation of winners in elections. Some approaches and results which take their motivation from the computability theory are discussed. The latter institution-free type of difficulty pertains to solution theory of the voting games. We discuss the relationships between various solution concepts, e.g. uncovered set, Banks set, Copeland winners. Finally rough sets are utilized in an effort to measure the difficulty of making social choices.     

受控核聚变的一种新途径──低能注入式磁盖势阱约束法受控核聚变

提出了磁盖势阱（ＭＬＰＷ）一种静电装置,该装置是在球形静电势阱的外围加上磁盖而构成的,可用于受控核聚变．通过建立磁盖势阱中带电粒子的运动方程并取单粒子谐振子近似以及运用自洽场的统计方法,球形聚变炉内大量带电粒子的集体行为被计算机所研究和模拟．由于使用了电场与磁场的联合约束,与单独的磁约束或惯性约束受控核聚变相比,所需达到的技术指标将有所改善,工程技术上的难度也会有所降低